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Unit Directors

Job Description for VDHA Unit Directors
By Vaughn Hull
 
1.  Unit Directors must keep their VDHA membership dues current at all times.

2.  The VDHA Unit Director is the liaison between the Vice President of Units and the Unit Members.

3.  Welcome all new Incoming VDHA Members in their Unit as quickly as possible, after their membership acceptance (within 5 Days).

4.  Strive to grow your Unit by locating unfound Unit members, information, and photos, and share this information on the website.

5.  Forward any essential information from the Vice President of Units to the Unit Members.

6.  Maintain an updated detailed Unit Membership Roster of Dog Handlers and War Dogs.

7.  Encourage members with expiring memberships and inactive members to renew there VDHA memberships.

8.  Stay in contact with the Unit Members, either by phone or e-mail, to assure them that you are available to assist them.
 
9.  Once yearly, at a minimum, provide a Unit Directors report for publication in the VDHA Dogman.
 
10.  Provide and keep current, their contact information for publication in the Dogman and on the Website.
 
 
 
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Army

Army1049th (Ft. Sumner) Ernest Ayala
Army121st MP (Tan Sun Nhut) Ernest Ayala
Army124th Cavalry (Burma)
Army175th Veterinary Det. (DaNang)
Army18th Military Police (Long Binh) Ernest Ayala
Army1st Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Cu Chi) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army212th MP (Long Binh) Ernest Ayala
Army25th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Bien Hoa) Jim Meechan
Army26th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Loc Niw)
Army2nd War Dog Platoon
Army33rd Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Pleiku) John Alfred Worley Sr.
Army34th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Bien Hoa) (An Khe) Tim Mead ,
Barry McKeon 		,
Army35th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Dian See) Francis DiMartino ,
Nick Vitale
Army37th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Phouc Vinh & Bien Hoa) John Giampia
Army37th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs Vet. (Phouc Vinh & Bien Hoa) John Giampia
Army38th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Chu Chi) Gary Mather Sr.
Army39th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Bien Hoa) Johnny Mayo ,
Wayne McLeister
Army3rd Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Pleiku) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army40th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Pleiku) Charlie Brown
Army41st Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Lai Khe & Phu Loi) Randy Kimler
Army42nd Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Phan Rang & Camp Eagle) Norm Ream
Army42nd Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs - (Germany) Norm Ream
Army43rd Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Quang Tri, Dong Tam) Philip Oakman
Army44th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Chu Chi)
Army45th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Dong Tam) Chuck Epperson
Army46th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Tay Ninh)
Army47th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (LZ Sally & Phu Bai) Bertram Hubble
Army48th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (DaNang) Tom Sykes
Army49th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Long Binh) Bob Himrod
Army4th Vet Det (Long Binh)
Army504th Med. Veterinarian (DaNang)
Army507th MMP Ernest Ayala
Army50th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (An Khe) Billy Barnes
Army51st Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (WWII)
Army557th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Camp Eagle) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army56th ADA (Bien Hoa) Ernest Ayala
Army577th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Lai Khe) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army57th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Chu Lai)
Army58th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Camp Evans) Robert Kollar
Army595th MP (Cam Ranh Bay) Ernest Ayala
Army59th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Duc Pho) Randy Carr ,
Bill Eberle 		,
Army60th Infantry Platoon Scout Dogs (Chu Chi) Alfred C. Ward
Army60th Mine and Booby Trap
Army61st Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Di An) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army62nd Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Bien Hoa) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army63rd Combat Tracker Team-CTT (DaNang) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army64th Combat Tracker Team-CTT John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army65th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Dong Tam) Chuck Epperson
Army65th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Kong Tam) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army66th Combat Tracker Team Vet. (Chu Chi) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army66th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Chu Chi) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army6th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Chu Chi) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army75th Air Wing (Korea)
Army75th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (An Khe) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army76th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Long Binh) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army76th Infantry Detachment (Bien Hoa) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army77th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (Quang Tri) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army78th Combat Tracker Team-CTT (An Khe) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
Army8125th Sentry Ernest Ayala
Army83rd Engineers Ernest Ayala
Army88th MP Ernest Ayala
Army936th Vet Hospital
Army981st MP Ernest Ayala
Army9th CTT John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
ArmyARVN Advisor Ernest Ayala
ArmyARVN Dog Trng Ctr
ArmyArmy Scout Wayne McLeister
ArmyCombat Tracker Team (CTT) Instructor John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
ArmyCombat Tracker Team 1 (CTT) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
ArmyCombat Tracker Team 2 (CTT) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
ArmyCombat Tracker Team 3 (CTT) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
ArmyCombat Tracker Team 7 (CTT) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
ArmyCombat Tracker Team 8 (CTT) John Dupla ,
Frank Merritt ,
Susan Rodgers 		,
,
ArmyDog Team Detachment
ArmyInstructor Ernest Ayala
ArmyMACV Ernest Ayala
ArmyMACV & CIDA Ernest Ayala
ArmyOSS - CBI
ArmyPlatoon Commander
ArmyU.S. Army Sentry Dogs
ArmyUSA JSC
ArmyUSARV Dog Training Detachment Ernest Ayala
ArmyVeterinarian-Army
ArmyWar Dog Detachment - CBI
ArmyWar Dog Platoon

Navy

NavyIraq - TFMP 3/14 TSgt Jonathan Sarabia
NavyNaval Support Richard (Dick) King
NavyNavy Narcotics Richard (Dick) King
NavyNavy Seal Team Richard (Dick) King
NavyNavy Sentry Richard (Dick) King
NavyU.S. Navy K-9 Sentry Dogs Richard (Dick) King
NavyWater Dog Program Richard (Dick) King

USAF

USAF12th SPS (Cam Rahn Bay & Phu Cat) Robert Angus
USAF14th SPS (Nha Trang) Robert Palochik
USAF315th SPS (Phan Rang) Vaughn Hull ,
Dennis Travis ,
Carl Adams 		,
,
USAF31st SPS (Tuy Hoa) Philip Savage ,
Mike Warner 		,
USAF354th SPS (Kunsan AB)
USAF355th SPS (Takhli) Thailand Phil Carroll
USAF35th SPS (Phan Rang) Vaughn Hull ,
Dennis Travis ,
Carl Adams 		,
,
USAF366th SPS (DaNang & Phan Rang) Steven Luz
USAF377th SPS (Tan Son Nhut) James Stewart O.D.
USAF37th SPS (Phu Cat) Douglas Davis
USAF388th SPS (Korat) Thailand John Homa
USAF3rd Aviation Depot Sqd (Guam)
USAF3rd SPS (Bien Hoa) George Miller
USAF432nd SPS (Udorn) Thailand Ernest Childers Jr.,
William Garrett 		,
USAF483rd SPS (Cam Rahn Bay) Bill Carpenter
USAF4th RAR Tracker/Reconn (Nui_Dat)
USAF543rd APS (Korea)
USAF56th SPS (Nakhon Phanom) Thailand Dutch VanHatten
USAF6250th CSS (Tan Son Nhut)
USAF6252 APS (DaNang)
USAF6280th SPS (Takhli) Thailand Phil Carroll
USAF6314th SPS (Osan AB, Korea)
USAF631st CSG (Don Muang) Thailand Terry Strickland
USAF632nd SPS (Binh Thuy) Herbert Johnson ,
Lewis Kidd 		,
USAF633rd SPS (Pleiku) John Wetzel
USAF635th SPS (U-Tapao) Thailand Dave Broeker
USAF637th SPS (Tuy Hoa) David Hallenbeck
USAF6499th Provisional (See 355th SPS) Phil Carroll
USAF8th SPS (Ubon) Thailand Jim Watson
USAF97th Combat Defense Unit (Supporter)
USAFAll Safeside Units E. R. Scott Baker
USAFHHC LEA MPC (Panama)
USAFIraq - USAF TSgt Jonathan Sarabia
USAFVeterinarian-U.S.A.F.

USMC

USMCMWD Advisor Fred Dorr
USMCMarine 1st Provisional Fred Dorr
USMCMarine Drug Dogs Fred Dorr
USMCMarine Mine & Boobytrap Perry Money
USMCMarine Officers Fred Dorr
USMCMarine Scout Dog Fred Dorr
USMCMarine Sentry Dog Fred Dorr
USMCMarines-WWII Fred Dorr
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